The Illinois State Dental Society hopes to start training dentists and dental hygienists in the coming weeks to administer COVID-19 vaccines after state regulators approved a plan to allow them to quickly be trained.
National Affordable Housing Trust (NAHT) is proud to announce the closing of the funding for 508 Pershing at Oakwood Shores in Chicago, IL. NAHT closed on 508 Pershing in partnership with The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB), a nonprofit housing and development organization, and an investment from UnitedHealth Group.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,156 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total to 1,120,528
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Like most everyone, central Illinois providers are preparing themselves to perform mass vaccinations of residents, said Dr. Harald Lausen, chief medical officer at SIU Medicine. The only issue now is waiting for more supply.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a new ordinance this week intended to bring greater diversity to the city’s Board of Health.
Chicago’s Norwegian American Hospital will now be known as Humboldt Park Health, officials announced Thursday.
Illinois will receive an additional $43 million from the federal government to aid with its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,191 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total to 1,116,372.
Read MoreAs the need for awareness of kidney disease and its mpact increases due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois Kidney Care Alliance (IKCA) today announced that Dialysis Care Center and Kidney Care Center have joined the Alliance, bringing the group’s total number to 30 organizations.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is calling for the Senate to take fast action on a proposal he says will increase the number of healthcare workers in underserved communities.
A major anti-abortion group in Chicago said they have been notified that the federal government is investigating whether Illinois’ reproductive health law passed in 2019 violates a federal law protecting religious and conscience rights.
The Illinois House of Representatives has laid out the heads of its committees for the coming spring session.
Illinois expects to see a 16 percent increase in its weekly allocation of COVID-19 vaccines by next week, Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday.
he OSF HealthCare Foundation is excited to announce two lead fundraising gifts for the Comprehensive Cancer Center to be built on the campus of OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,751 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,112,181.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is likely to keep in place its public health emergency through the end of the year, as well as a rate bump for Medicaid.
